DFL Sen. Kari Dziedzic died Friday at 62. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2023 and stepped down from the role of Senate majority leader earlier this year as she underwent medical treatment. Dziedzic represented Senate District 60 for more than a decade. Her peers in the Legislature mourned her passing this past weekend.

Another special election in a suburban Minnesota House district to replace newly elected Democrat Curtis Johnson will be held the same day.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday issued a writ of special election to fill the vacancy in Senate District 60 following the death of Sen. Kari Dziedzic. Dziedzic died last week after a battle with ovarian cancer. She announced that diagnosis during her first month as Senate majority leader in early 2023.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has called a special election to fill late Senator Kari Dziedzic’s Minneapolis seat for Tuesday, January 28. Dziedzic is being remembered as a strong leader, who worked to help others going through cancer treatment.

Minnesota state senator and former DFL majority leader Kari Dziedzic has died of cancer at age 62, her family announced on Saturday.

A special election has been set for late January to fill the Minnesota Senate seat of former Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic who died last week.

A special election will be held in January to fill the vacancy in Senate District 60 after Sen. Kari Dziedzic died.

Minnesota state Senator Kari Dziedzic has died at age 62, the Minnesota DFL announced on Dec. 28. Dziedzic represented the state's 60th District for 12 years, starting with a special election in 2012. She served as the senate's majority leader after the DFL took control in the 2022 midterm election.

Dziedzic’s Senate seat will be vacant at the start of the 2025 session in January, leaving the Senate tied 33-33.